Suggestions for skinny bass (to go with fat kick)?

rockbadger · Jun 15th 2017

I'm more of a guitarist than bassist so have not dug too far into profiles for bass sounds as of yet.

I'm working on a solo project, firmly in 'rock' territory. At a production level, I've decided to go for the fat kick/skinny bass - i.e. give the kick drum lots of bass frequency and use a thinner bass guitar sound.

I still want it to have some power to it, and possibly have a Chris Squier-esque dirt to it.

Is anyone able to point me in the direction of some good profiles for this purpose? Or general tips for achieving this?

I'm using a Yamaha RBX775 5-string bass, if that makes a huge difference.

Thanks all.

waraba · Jun 16th 2017

The only one bass rig I've done in the past is a bit 'skinny' from a modern perspective, as it's a 60's amp, but still very warm & tubey

check the thread here , with descriptions, pics and clips (guitar)

rig is available on rig exchange too. search for ' dakota ' give a try to the rigs here , BASS OCT has a transpose on it.

PS : some users reported that amp to sound very good but only a 4 string . On a 5 string bass there was a huge hole in the Freq response on lower string.

rockbadger · Jun 23rd 2017

Just as an update - I've played around with some of the Kemper Bass rig and tried the WD - Metalbass clean. Just seems to be right to me with some chunky pick bass tones which I've found can still get out of the way of the kick.

tommyguitar · Jul 3rd 2017

Try a bassman profile

Monkey_Man · Jul 3rd 2017

Quote from rockbadger

Or general tips for achieving this?

I'd go first for a sound you like, and then high-pass it to taste.

I don't feel it's necessary to find a tone that's "skinny" to begin with, 'Badger.

268a467eee10fd471124d2205a34a363e4d4ad4f · Jul 4th 2017

Did you try using a Studio EQ with low cut? I think this is working pretty well.

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